Norway 
In numbers.
Jun–Aug
Best months
555m
Elevation
The water at Henrikkafossen, month by month
It roars from June to July.
The fullest months: from June to July, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to April. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 16%Jan
- 14%Feb
- 17%Mar
- 24%Apr
- 63%May
- 100%Jun
- 87%Jul
- 55%Aug
- 43%Sep
- 34%Oct
- 24%Nov
- 19%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to August.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Henrikkafossen is a waterfall in Norway.
Getting there.
- Tennevollnearest town · 4.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 690 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Bardufoss Airport (BDU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 47 km in a straight lineCar hire at EVE airport (Evenes)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 605 m in 2.0 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsViewpoint Henrikkafosen
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 5bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmKvitefossen
- —caves
- 3campsitesLapphaugen Turiststajon, Lapphaugen Turiststasjon, Fossbakken Veikro & Camping AS
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGratangen Fjellhotell
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Tennevoll4.0 km in a straight line
- Gratangen9.8 km in a straight line
- Sjøvegan18 km in a straight line
- Bjerkvik22 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -8 | -7 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | -4 | -6 |
| Night °C | -13 | -13 | -11 | -6 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | -4 | -8 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 112 | 111 | 118 | 94 | 99 | 117 | 145 | 127 | 138 | 123 | 112 | 127 |
| Wet days | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | — |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 98 | 122 | 143 | 147 | 101 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 71 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (555 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 175% | 129% | 148% | 136% | 109% | 35% | 137% | 119% | 135% | 65% | 129% | 42% |
| 2021 | 43% | 114% | 140% | 134% | 65% | 111% | 109% | 109% | 90% | 118% | 90% | 85% |
| 2022 | 204% | 77% | 119% | 114% | 162% | 97% | 161% | 165% | 49% | 129% | 50% | 66% |
| 2023 | 98% | 159% | 92% | 136% | 162% | 90% | 46% | 71% | 141% | 82% | 38% | 67% |
| 2024 | 152% | 82% | 53% | 82% | 81% | 97% | 64% | 129% | 67% | 155% | 206% | 164% |
| 2025 | 157% | 101% | 164% | 177% | 85% | 108% | 68% | 139% | 85% | 106% | 108% | 126% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Henrikkafossen
Norway
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11975098) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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